Informed Consent

[rubberbutton]

 

Eh. It was okay. The medical ethics are interesting, but there wasn’t any House/Wilson, which automatically equals a not good episode.

Random points:

- I was annoyed by the negative portrayal of rats in this episode. They would not start eating you if you passed out. Even if you gave them cancer first.

- I actually kind of like the underage skank thing, and I was sure I’d hate it. House’s reactions were unbelievably cute. And it promises to be an amusing little arc.

- Anyone surprised that Chase stood by House? I think he may have completely redeemed himself from S1.

- Interesting that they made the big ethical dilemma Cameron’s. I kind of thought they’d make a big deal about House finally euthanizing Ezra at the end of the episode, but instead Wilson makes some comment about House having done many times before. I can’t remember exactly now if they mentioned Wilson’s past actions, but I can easily imagine him helping his patients end their pain.

I wish they’d get away from the case-driven episodes. All the test running? It’s kind of boring. Maybe next week will be more character driven. With more H/W.

I learned to light a pilot light today. Now all I have to do is learn to change a tire and I'll be a Self-Sufficient Woman of the World. ...Although I don't actually have a car...

Comments

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

*shakes head*
There must be something terribly unsympathetic or unfeeling in me, because I just wasn't very interested or impressed by this episode.

I liked some of it -- obviously the tiny bit of H/W that was there, and I related the euthanasia discussions to the recent uproar over the apparent mercy killings in the wake of Katrina, but otherwise ... it just didn't do it for me.

[rubberbutton.livejournal.com]

Yeah, feel the same. I was reading over at TWoP [;)] and it seems like I'm the only heartless bitch who didn't cry. Guys, Ezra was kind of a prick. Sure, the moral quandry his predicament presented was interesting, but mostly because of what it revealed about the *other* characters. I really didn't care if he lived or died.

Plus, he was mean to rats. /rat-lover rant

[purridot.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't cry either. Even if they had saved him from his current malady, he was aged and in terrible health -- poor dude wasn't going to live forever!

I thought Cameron was being rather self-indulgent. As you say, it wasn't like she didn't know what it was like for a terminal patient to suffer. Honestly -- when one thinks of all the crap Wilson has to put up with -- House and his insanity, all the dying patients, his own crappy life -- Cameron's emo-ness is a bit tiresome. And what about stoic Chase? He was willing to stand by House; that's much more interesting that Cameron crying in the chapel.

Heh -- just got hit with a plot bunny involving Cameron. (I need an "evil grin" emoticon.)